A tribute video to Bo Darville better known as The Bandit from the Smokey and the Bandit movies starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleason

Smokey and the Bandit.The legend.Jerry Reed
Smokey and the Bandit is a 1977 action comedy film starring Burt Reynolds,
Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Pat McCormick, Paul Williams, Mike
Henry, and the 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. It inspired several other
trucking films, including two sequels, Smokey and the Bandit II, and Smokey
and the Bandit Part 3.
There was also a series of 1994 television films (Bandit Goes Country,
Bandit Bandit, Beauty and the Bandit, and Bandit's Silver Angel) from
original director/writer Hal Needham loosely based on the earlier version,
with actor Brian Bloom now playing Bandit. The three original films
introduced two generations of the Pontiac Trans Am. The film was the fourth
highest-grossing film of 1977.
Rich Texas wheeler-dealer Big Enos Burdette (Pat McCormick) and his son,
Little Enos (Paul Williams), are trying to find a truck driver willing to
haul Coors beer to Georgia for their refreshment. At the time, Coors was
unavailable east of Texas. Local laws prevented it from being sold in many
places because it was not pasteurized, therefore it has to be kept cold
throughout transportation, thus the 28 hour timeline for the trip.
Unauthorized transportation of Coors across state lines was considered
"bootlegging". Truck drivers who had taken the bet previously had been
discovered and arrested by "Smokey" (truck driver and CB slang for highway
patrolmen). At a local truck rodeo, the Texans locate legendary truck
driver Bo "Bandit" Darville (Burt Reynolds) and offer him $80,000 (over
$300,000 in 2013) to haul 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana, Texas to
the "Southern Classic" in Georgia -- in 28 hours, driving a total of 1,800
mi (2,900 km), for an average of 65 mph including all stops. (This was an
artistic liberty, as the trip is only 1260 miles round-trip. Also,
Texarkana, Texas, is located in a dry county, preventing Coors or any other
alcoholic beverage from being sold there.)
Bandit accepts the bet and recruits his best friend and fellow truck driver
Cledus "Snowman" Snow (Jerry Reed) to drive the truck, promising to buy him
a new truck. Snowman brings along his dog, a Basset Hound named "Fred", for
company. After requesting an advance from the Burdettes for a "speedy car",
Bandit purchases a black Pontiac Trans Am, which he named Trigger and which
he drives himself as a "blocker" car to deflect attention away from the
truck and its illegal cargo. The duo reach Texas ahead of schedule, load
their truck with Coors, and immediately head back towards Georgia. Shortly
thereafter, Bandit picks up professional dancer and runaway bride Carrie
(Sally Field), whom he nicknames "Frog" because she is "always hoppin'
around!" and "you're kind of cute like a frog and I'd like to jump ya".
However, by picking up Carrie, Bandit becomes the target of Texas Sheriff
Buford T. Justice (Jackie Gleason), "a respectable law officer of over
thirty years seniority", whose handsome yet very simple-minded son Junior
(Mike Henry) was to have been Carrie's groom.
The remainder of the film is essentially one big high-speed chase, as
Bandit and Frog attract continuous attention from local and state police
throughout Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama while Snowman barrels
eastward with the Coors beer. Despite leaving his home jurisdiction,
Sheriff Justice and his son continue to pursue Bandit, even as various
mishaps cause their squad car to disintegrate around them. Bandit and
Snowman are greatly assisted by a number of colorful characters they
encounter along the way, many of whom are truckers they contact through
their CB radios; these acquaintances allow them to escape police pursuit on
numerous occasions. Neither Justice nor any of the other police officers
are ever aware of Snowman's illegal cargo of Coors, as they are more
interested in capturing the "legendary" Bandit.
Despite near-constant police pursuit and several roadblocks, Bandit,
Snowman, Frog and Fred arrive at the Southern Classic with a full trailer
of Coors and ten minutes to spare, with Cledus blazing a trail into the
grounds with his truck. Instead of taking their payoff, they accept the
Texans' new offer to drive to Boston and bring back clam chowder in 18
hours, for double the original bet or nothing. As they are leaving for
Boston in one of Big Enos' Cadillacs, they see Justice's badly damaged car
on the roadside. Bandit calls Justice over the radio, and, after a brief
bit of mutual respect (begrudgingly, by Justice), Justice angrily demands
to know where he is. Bandit describes himself as Big Enos in order to put
him on a false lead, but then decides that Justice is "too good a man" and
tells him, "Look over your left shoulder." As Bandit and his friends drive
off, Justice turns to pursue them in futility with his car disintegrating
further, leaving Junior to chase haplessly after his father on foot (with
the closing line "Don't leave me Daddy, who's going to hold your hat?!) as
the credits roll.

(Burt Reynolds) Full Movie Action Thriller "R"
(In Memory of 1 of The Best Stuntmen In Movie History Mr. Dar Robinson 1947
- 1986) Adapted From A Novel By Elmore Leonard Who Also Also Wrote The
Screenplay & Directed By Mr. Burt Reynolds) (Burt Kicks Ass & Takes Names
In This 80's Underrated Action Flick. Also Starring Candice Bergen,
Charles Durning & George Segal. (For More Info:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090073/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)